Granite Construction Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:GVA)

Granite Construction trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GVA."

Granite Construction declared a -- dividend on Monday, September 16th. Investors of record on Monday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. View Granite Construction's Dividend History.

Granite Construction Inc. (NYSE:GVA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 2nd. The construction company reported ($1.83) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($2.04) by $0.21. The construction company had revenue of $789.54 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $789.73 million. Granite Construction had a negative net margin of 2.09% and a negative return on equity of 1.57%. The business's revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.44 EPS. View Granite Construction's Earnings History.

Granite Construction is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Granite Construction.

Granite Construction will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Granite Construction updated its second quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $-2.1--2.05 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $785-790 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $955.68 million.

4 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Granite Construction's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Granite Construction's share price to reach $48.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Granite Construction.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Granite Construction in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Granite Construction.

Media stories about GVA stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Granite Construction earned a news impact score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Granite Construction.

Granite Construction saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,950,000 shares, an increase of 17.0% from the August 30th total of 4,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 588,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.4 days. Approximately 10.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Granite Construction's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Granite Construction include Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), Aecom (ACM), Quanta Services (PWR), MasTec (MTZ), Emcor Group (EME), KBR (KBR), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), Tutor Perini (TPC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Ameresco (AMRC), Aegion (AEGN) and Argan (AGX).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Granite Construction investors own include Applied Materials (AMAT), Alibaba Group (BABA), TENCENT HOLDING/ADR (TCEHY), JD.Com (JD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Square (SQ), AbbVie (ABBV), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) and Leidos (LDOS).

Granite Construction's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.26%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.08%), John G Ullman & Associates Inc. (0.94%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.48%), Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.10%) and Bridge City Capital LLC (0.09%). Company insiders that own Granite Construction stock include Claes Bjork, David H Kelsey, Desai Jigisha, James Hildebrand Roberts, Kristen O Jesulaitis, Kyle T Larkin, Patricia D Galloway and William Howard Powell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Granite Construction.

GVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including John G Ullman & Associates Inc., Tributary Capital Management LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc. and State of Michigan Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Granite Construction.

GVA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Bridge City Capital LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Brinker Capital Inc. and Tompkins Financial Corp. Company insiders that have bought Granite Construction stock in the last two years include Claes Bjork, David H Kelsey, Desai Jigisha, James Hildebrand Roberts, Kristen O Jesulaitis, Kyle T Larkin and Patricia D Galloway. View Insider Buying and Selling for Granite Construction.

Shares of GVA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.76.

Granite Construction has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion and generates $3.32 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $42.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.34 on an earnings per share basis. Granite Construction employs 5,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Granite Construction.

The official website for Granite Construction is http://www.graniteconstruction.com/.

Granite Construction's mailing address is 585 WEST BEACH ST, WATSONVILLE CA, 95076. The construction company can be reached via phone at 831-724-1011 or via email at [email protected]